We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELLife without commitment is not worth living.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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